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Beth (Bethofvt) posted an update Sunday, Feb 26, 2012, 5:59pm EST, 13 years, 8 months ago
Victorian times? I nearly fell over in my chair when I was dating DH and went with him to his aunt's funeral. They held the wake in the "parlor" of their home and after calling hours for the public were over, each family member went up, one or 2 at a time and had their picture taken with the deceased int he casket. I had never ever heard of such a thing and was just beside myself. DH explained they always did that and they showed me an album that had funeral pictures of at least 10 different relatives. Creepy to me. I think that side of his family still takes funeral pictures.